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Milligan is also bringing a few characters with him from the Flashpoint: Secret Seven mini-series, including Shade the Changing Man, Enchantress and Zatanna.
Probably most significant among the new team's members is the inclusion of Mindwarp, the character that Milligan created specifically for his Flashpoint tie-in. The character has never been seen in the regular DCU -- only the Flashpoint universe -- but she is apparently being carried over after the end of the Flashpoint to now be part of the DCnU.
Probably most significant among the new team's members is the inclusion of Mindwarp, the character that Milligan created specifically for his Flashpoint tie-in. The character has never been seen in the regular DCU -- only the Flashpoint universe -- but she is apparently being carried over after the end of the Flashpoint to now be part of the DCnU.
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Nrama: The book isn't just Constantine. You've got a whole team of supernatural characters. What appealed to you about the premise?
Milligan: It was the “dark” bit that really appealed to me. The idea of taking these characters and this kind of story into some dark places. That doesn’t always or necessarily mean supernatural black magic dark. It can mean emotionally dark. A messed up confused kind of dark. The basic screwed up human condition transplanted onto a superhero/supernatural comic.
Nrama: Did you come up with the team or did DC? And can you describe at all the ideas behind those characters who are included?
Milligan: We had discussions and slowly boiled down the team we were all happy with. Obviously I’m the writer, so if there was someone mentioned whom I felt no connection with or felt really didn’t add to what we were trying to do, then I had a veto (at least, I think I had a veto!). There were some characters I really wanted in there. Shade. Constantine. And my new character Mindwarp. I also enjoyed writing June Moone and Enchantress in Flashpoint: Secret Seven and wanted to have the opportunity to travel further into that strange, bifurcated landscape.
Milligan: It was the “dark” bit that really appealed to me. The idea of taking these characters and this kind of story into some dark places. That doesn’t always or necessarily mean supernatural black magic dark. It can mean emotionally dark. A messed up confused kind of dark. The basic screwed up human condition transplanted onto a superhero/supernatural comic.
Nrama: Did you come up with the team or did DC? And can you describe at all the ideas behind those characters who are included?
Milligan: We had discussions and slowly boiled down the team we were all happy with. Obviously I’m the writer, so if there was someone mentioned whom I felt no connection with or felt really didn’t add to what we were trying to do, then I had a veto (at least, I think I had a veto!). There were some characters I really wanted in there. Shade. Constantine. And my new character Mindwarp. I also enjoyed writing June Moone and Enchantress in Flashpoint: Secret Seven and wanted to have the opportunity to travel further into that strange, bifurcated landscape.
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When I was thinking about these characters, the analogy that formed in my head was with cops. The fact that many cops have ruined marriages and drink or have drug problems. Are, in fact, a mess. Our characters are laden with these insane powers – I’m interested how that affects their lives. How do they cope? What about their loved ones? How the hell do they cope?
